SDS and CMED

1. SDS and CMED Susie Rood and Steven Scoles December 5, 2013

2. Student Disability Services • What the heck do we do? • Just about everything related to functioning with a disability • Currently have 771 students who have disclosed some type of disability and use accommodations. • Undergraduates • Graduate • Doctoral • Guests • On campus, remote location • Online

3. Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 • Congress reauthorized and amended the ADA in 2008. • Expanded conditions which could be considered a disability. • Brief History • Provides Civil Rights Protection for people with disabilities • Passed in 1990 by George H. Bush (first one) • Civil Rights legislation; enforced by the Office of Civil Rights; Department of Justice

4. Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 • Impact • Doesn’t affect impact higher education as a learning institution Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Section 504 and 508 • Major impact as a business, i.e. hiring, accessibility, accommodating employees, etc. • Expanded, clarified, and reiterated what the basic definition of ‘disability’ was. • Used to be • Having a physical or mental impairment that limited a major life activity • A record of such an impairment • Being regarded as someone with such an impairment

5. Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act of 2008 • NOW: definitions of major life activities • AND: ADDED major bodily functions • AND: ADDED episodic or in remission disabilities

6. Where is your brain? • What are actions which are major life activities?

7. Major Life Activities • Caring for yourself Bending • Performing manual tasks Speaking • Seeing Breathing • Hearing Learning • Eating Reading • Sleeping Concentrating • Walking Thinking • Standing Communicating • Lifting Working

8. Where is your brain? • What are major bodily functions and episodic disorders?

9. Major Bodily Functions and Episodic Disorders • Functions of the immune system • Cell Growth • Digestive, bladder and bowel functions • Neurological and brain functions • Respiratory and circulatory functions • Endocrine functions • Reproductive function

10. AND temporary impairments

11. Disability- Impairment-SDS • Student Disability Services operates in the area of IMPAIRMENT • Not all disabilities are impairments but all impairments CAN BE considered a disability. • We need a clear understanding of the symptoms and a diagnosis

12. You decide • I had anxiety. • OK, how does your anxiety impact you? • When I know I have a test, I get really nervous and my stomach is a bit upset • *Is this an impairment?

13. You decide • I have anxiety • Ok, how does your anxiety impact you? • My hands shake, I get all sweaty, I start to forget things, it gets hard to breath, and I feel like I’m going to pass out. • *Is this an impairment?

14. Purpose and philosophy of SDS • Great, what does SDS do? • SDS is one of the three legs supporting a healthy individual • SDS does NOT change the person • We change the ENVIRONMENT SO THE PERSON CAN FUNCTION • We alter facilities and policies • Provide accommodations which allow an • Individual with a condition to • Function as independently • And freely as possible

15. We Accommodate • Anxiety/Panic Attack individuals • Counseling Medical Care Accommodations • (Cause-change (Treatment) (Make it work in the • Person) short/long term)

16. Working Together • Please refer students to Disability Services • 120 Park Library SDS@CMICH.EDU • Work with us to assist students and you if needed • We have toys  • We can accommodate